This orbit is also the reason for the late-night launch. By launching after midnight from Florida, the satellite can directly enter its final orbit, where it will cross the equator for the first time close to I
NASA to launch new Earth-observing satelliteALICIA CHANG
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The first of two launches of NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission lifted off on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST Saturday, May 25 (3:41 a.m. EDT). Credit: Rocket Lab NASA plans...
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, oversees the acquisition of the GOES-R spacecraft and instruments and built the Magnetometer instrument for GOES-T, as well as for the future GOES-U satellite. NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at the agency’s Kennedy Space Ce...
NASA’s interactive Eyes on Earth satellite map shows the location and rendering of NASA satellites orbiting Earth, as well as decades of data that they’ve collected.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is ready to carry NOAA's next powerful GOES satellite into orbit, providing critical forecasting data to the meteorologists who issue severe weather warnings.
NASA resets launch of carbon-monitoring satellite More VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — The launch of a NASA satellite designed to study atmospheric carbon dioxide has been rescheduled for early Wednesday. A Delta 2 rocket carrying the satellite had been scheduled to lift off early Tues...
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Launch of a Delta 2 rocket carrying a NASA climate research satellite has been delayed to Saturday, at 9:20 a.m. EST, to give engineers time to repair damaged insulation. A launch try Thursday was called off at the last minutebecause of high upper level winds. Mission managers initially ...